<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><html><div id='yahoo__compose_area' style="background-color:white; display:block; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Regular,Helvetica; font-size:15px;">At least, we can try to move forward on this.<div> I encourage those of you willing to represent our voice at this Council.<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>A<br><br>------------------<br>Arsene Tungali,<br>Executive Director, Rudi International<br><a href="http://www.rudiinternational.org" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">www.rudiinternational.org</a><br><br>Founder, Mabingwa Forum<br><a href="http://www.mabingwa-forum.com" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">www.mabingwa-forum.com</a><br>Phone:<a href="tel:+243993810967" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone"
x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">+243993810967</a><br><br>ICANN Fellow | ISOC Member | Child Online Protection Advocate | Youth Leader | Internet Governance.<br>Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)<br><br>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</div></div></div><div id='yahoo__original_message' class='yQTDBase'><br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex; ">At 26 nov. 2014 19:53:57, Nnenna Nwakanma<'<a href="mailto:nnenna75@gmail.com" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">nnenna75@gmail.com</a>'> wrote:<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Very many thanks, Bertrand<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>What I was confused about is the idea that IGC and BB are now institutions that "want to join" NMI. I have been under the impression that these are Civil Society platforms for action.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>My stand has been clear, if
there are people who are willing to engage in a certain course (whatever their reasons are) then the platforms should facilitate that. One does not necessarily need to agree all the time with what others are doing.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>People should be free to engage<br clear="none">People should be free to disengage<br clear="none"></div>People should be free not to engage<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>I dont think that there will ever be a time when one person (or a group of persons for that matter) will be able to fully represent all the aspirations of the global civil society.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Nnenna<br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Bertrand de La Chapelle <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bdelachapelle@gmail.com" target="_blank"
href="javascript:return">bdelachapelle@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Dear Parminder,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>I think Ian has managed to express in a very balanced and respectful manner the very diverse perspectives within civil society, including yours (and the JNC), by explicitly mentioning the reservations and the caution with which some people and CS groups accept to engage in the NMI exercise. I think he deserves more credit than what you express in response. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>My understanding of democracy is neither the domination of the majority, nor the veto of a minority. We see too often what this produces at national levels. In the present case, some actors are willing to give it a try after having, I think, carefully pondered the opinions you expressed. It is your full right to
disagree but not your right to prevent them from exercising their willing choice or demean them by claiming they have "betrayed the powerless". Only time will tell whether they were wrong or not. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>As a general note, I still fail to see, after several years, whether you want to propose any other mechanism than traditional intergovernmental processes - limited to representatives from governments - as the proper architecture for the democratic Internet governance you desire. If you have other ideas, we are certainly all interested in innovative frameworks that would be different from what is attempted here with the NMI. If not, what place do you see in such purely governmental processes for civil society? None? Or just outside of the room? Tell me if I missed something here. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>More generally, I wonder what makes you have faith in the capacity of purely intergovernmental fora to
achieve progress in the absence of sufficient agreement among all governments? In the past ten years, such fora have hardly produced anything more than copy and paste of various paragraphs of the WSIS documents (I know from experience, having contributed to several of CSTD drafting exercises, for instance). </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The most innovative efforts, albeit still imperfect, have been undertaken by non-UN organizations, such as the Council of Europe or OECD, but they do not have universal membership. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>We need solutions for key issues and we currently do not have the proper structures and processes to address them. The NETmundial Initiative is certainly not perfect, but it is at least an effort to keep the momentum produced by he Sao Paulo event and it does not pretend to have a monopoly. Nobody prevents anyone from initiating competing efforts. But doing nothing does not seem a viable or
valuable option. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Respectfully</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Bertrand</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span><table style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1em;color:rgb(38,38,38);" width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="1" height="5"></td></tr><tr style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(176,173,176);"><td colspan="3" rowspan="1">"<em>Le plus beau métier des hommes, c'est d'unir les hommes</em>", Antoine de Saint Exupéry<br clear="none">("<em>There is no greater mission for humans than uniting humans</em>")</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="1" height="10"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="1"><span
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rowspan="1" height="5"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><br/><br clear="none"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 5:14 PM, parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">parminder@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <div><br/> <br clear="none"><br/> <font face="Verdana">It is a pity that major civil society groups<br/> finally decided to go with the WEF's NMI, albeit repackaged to<br/> look somewhat better that the WEF itself. This could be a</font><font face="Verdana"> paradigm shift </font><font face="Verdana">and a<br/> </font><font face="Verdana">historic day</font><font face="Verdana"><br/> for the global governance of the Internet, of course
in a bad way.<br/> <br clear="none"><br/> <br clear="none"><br/> The existing centres of Internet power, almost all US based ones,<br/> have achieved a significant objective. Really a </font><font face="Verdana">champagne-uncorking </font><font face="Verdana">day<br/><br/><br/> for them. They have managed to shift the </font><font face="Verdana">attention from the US centredness of the global<br/> Internet, which was </font><font face="Verdana">increasingly </font><font face="Verdana">becoming </font><font face="Verdana"> too<br/> uncomfortable and unsustainable, towards relatively greater<br/> globality of the Internet's power establishment. (In the short<br/> term, this will help them address WSIS plus 10 'problems', but can<br/> have significant long terms gains as well.) Being able to win<br/> global popular support was extremely unlikely with the kind of<br/> stuff that these Internet
powers do, which is increasingly common<br/> knowledge. Such democratic seekings are passe, really<br/> old-fashioned. And so they went for the easier catch - the global<br/> elite. It is an elite which often already identifies with a<br/> certain US centric global cosmopolitan-ism (grudging accepting the<br/> the US centred-ness of this global cultural phenomenon and hoping<br/> to cosmopolitan-ise it). To the extent even if some of them do not<br/> so accept - like some kinds of political and economic elites<br/> outside the US - it is ready to make power-for-power big deals and<br/> adjustments. That is what the World Economic Forum is, and<br/> everyone know this fact. But this is something to which a big part<br/> of civil society involved in the IG space </font><font face="Verdana">today </font><font face="Verdana">professed a<br/> complete blindness.<br clear="none"><br/> <br
clear="none"><br/> In reaching the World Economic Forum, and somewhat centring itself<br/> on it, the global IG establishment has provided clearer contours<br/> to what in any case has been one of the most significant elements<br/> of the global politics around the Internet. This is the uneasy<br/> political relationship between the globally mobile (now even more<br/> mobile, virtually) or at least aspirational upper classes and the<br/> more locally rooted, and yes, well, rather constrained,<br/> rest-of-the-world, even if often domiciled in the same territory<br/> and polity. Much of global Internet politics, captured in the<br/> phenomenon of multistakeholderism, represents a combination of<br/> political, economic and social elites of the world, and across the<br/> world (with its continuous demeaning of the nation state while<br/> taking all the benefit of its institutions). This
political<br/> combination now has a clear home at the WEF, and in it, a clear<br/> symbol as well. It is spine-chilling to think what kind of deals<br/> and compromises will be worked out among the most powerful, now<br/> with the more acceptable tag of a certain globalness attached to<br/> them.<br clear="none"><br/> <br clear="none"><br/> This globalness achieved by bringing together the elite of the<br/> world may be worse than the status quo, which fact worries me the<br/> most. In the status quo there was at least the stark legitimacy<br/> hole, and certain possibilities of joining of forces among those<br/> outside the global Internet power configuration, the rich and the<br/> poor alike, to put it somewhat simplistically. The WEF brings to<br/> the global IG establishment not only a new legitimacy of a certain<br/> globalness, but also divides those who would otherwise be
together<br/> in their opposition to the US hegemony. Now the top businesses of<br/> developing countries can feel more equal with those from the US at<br/> WEF panels and working groups, and the leaders of the more<br/> powerful developing countries can be variously flattered and<br/> offered selective sops. That celebrated meeting of fat cats in the<br/> snow at Davos. A perfect photo op. Just the poor, the disposed and<br/> the marginalised are missing. They are missing from the forums<br/> which would now entrech, as well as develop new, means for ever<br/> greater digital control over them. The structures of controls will<br/> see minor shifts and adjustments on the top, with concessions<br/> thrown around within the narrow elite circles, and those left out<br/> will all be worse for these adjustment and changes. This is how<br/> the new global paradigm is a great regression from even
the status<br/> quo.<br clear="none"><br/> <br clear="none"><br/> The first country to welcome the WEF's NMI was the US, and also<br/> the first to offer itself for a seat in the NMI Council. The<br/> second one seeking a seat is Russia. So, you get the picture!<br/> (Lets not talk about the Brazilians. They really do not seem to<br/> know what they are doing, God forgive them.) The powerful have<br/> decided what they plan to do, or not do, about the global<br/> governance of the Internet. Now the powerless and the exploited<br/> need to figure what </font><font face="Verdana">they </font><font face="Verdana">should do; what is their response to this new<br/> global Internet power configuration. But for that they first need<br/> an organised civil society to direct and lead them, because most<br/> of the existing one in the IG space has betrayed them. It is a<br/> difficult
situation. <br clear="none"><span><font color="#888888"><br/> <br clear="none"><br/> parminder<br clear="none"><br/> <br clear="none"><br/> <br clear="none"><br/> </font></span></font><div><div><br/> <div>On Wednesday 26 November 2014 03:25 PM,<br/> Ian Peter wrote:<br clear="none"><br/> </div><br/> </div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br/> <div dir="ltr"><br/> <div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';COLOR:#000000;"><br/> <p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span></span></font> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Dear Civil Society members,</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm
0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">After a substantial consultation<br/> with members across many different constituencies, the<br/> Internet Governance Civil Society Coordination Group<br/> (CSCG) has decided that, in accordance with its<br/> procedures and with the conditions in the letter below,<br/> it will engage in the process of selection of self<br/> nominated civil society representatives for the Co<br/> ordination Council of the Netmundial Initiative (NMI). </font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">In doing so, we acknowledge and<br/> respect that Just Net Coalition has determined not to<br/>
engage in this process, and that there are many civil<br/> society people in other coalitions who would also prefer<br/> not to engage at this time.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">For those who choose to engage;<br/> if you wish to be a candidate, you must complete the<br/> form which can be found at </font></span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect"><span><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.netmundial.org/coordination-council-nominations" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="13">https://www.netmundial.org/coordination-council-nominations</a></font></span></a><span><font
face="Times New Roman">, together with the associated<br/> documentation, by <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://14" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="14">December 6.</a> Please note that CSCG will<br/> not be endorsing nominations but playing a selection<br/> role as outlined in the letter below.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Thank you everyone who<br/> participated in this consultation and freely expressed<br/> their opinions. Below is a letter recently sent to the<br/> organisers outlining CSCG’s position and involvement.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal"
style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><span><span></span></span></span></font> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><span><span> </span></span></span><span>LETTER TO NMI TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL</span></font></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Dear Virgilio, Richard and Fadi,</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">As members of the Internet<br/> Governance Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG), we<br/> write to express our
appreciation for your openness in<br/> working with us to negotiate the terms of civil<br/> society’s participation in the NETmundial Initiative; in<br/> particular, by accommodating our expectation, drawn from<br/> the NETmundial Principles, that if we are to participate<br/> on the Coordination Council, we should nominate our own<br/> representatives.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Since our initial agreement on<br/> this principle, we have been consulting with our<br/> constituents about whether civil society ought to avail<br/> itself of this opportunity at all. We must say that<br/> this has been
a difficult question, at the end of which<br/> there remain some very significant misgivings across a<br/> broad segment of civil society about the merits of our<br/> prospective involvement.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Among the underlying concerns of<br/> many are that the involvement of the World Economic<br/> Forum in the initiative signals an attempt by economic<br/> and political elites to secure a central role in<br/> Internet governance; that the Initiative has been<br/> organised in a top-down manner that privileges its three<br/> promoters above other stakeholders; and that devoting<br/> time
and resources to the Initiative may detract from<br/> other processes such as the Internet Governance Forum.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">On the other hand, others<br/> recognise the opportunity that exists for civil society<br/> to help shape the NETmundial Initiative into a mechanism<br/> (but not the only mechanism) that can advance the<br/> NETmundial roadmap. Despite significant shortcomings in<br/> the NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement stemming from<br/> influence exerted by powerful actors towards the end of<br/> the process, much of the document, including the<br/> roadmap, does enjoy broad civil society
support.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">OUR INVOLVEMENT AND PROCESS</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">In the end we have decided to<br/> facilitate the involvement of those from civil society<br/> who do wish to apply for membership of the Coordination<br/> Council, while acknowledging others have decided as a<br/> matter of principle that they do not wish to be<br/> involved—and indeed would rather that civil society did<br/> not participate at all. We
acknowledge and respect that<br/> our colleagues from Just Net Coalition have taken that<br/> position and will not be participating with us in this<br/> exercise.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">The process we have agreed to<br/> work with is</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">1. At the close of nominations<br/> (<a href="x-apple-data-detectors://15" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="15">December 6</a>), CSCG
Nomcom will review all nominations<br/> for civil society participation and evaluate each<br/> candidate’s suitability.<br clear="none"><br/> <br clear="none"><br/> 2. CSCG Nomcom will recommend one candidate per<br/> geographic region, and submits names to Transitional<br/> Council with reasons.<br clear="none"><br/> <br clear="none"><br/> 3. If necessary, NMI Transitional Council will convene a<br/> (virtual) meeting with CSCG Nomcom to discuss any issues<br/> arising, with a view to reaching a rough consensus<br/> agreement if there are any issues with our nominations.<br/> If there is a strong dissenting voice from another area<br/> of civil society they may also be invited to participate<br/> after discussion.</font></span></p><br/>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">CONDITIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Although we will work with the<br/> NETmundial Initiative’s organising partners to select<br/> willing civil society representatives from amongst those<br/> who self-nominate through the Initiative’s nomination<br/> process, we also outline five simple conditions that we<br/> believe representatives are likely to affirm following<br/> their appointment to the Coordination
Council:</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">1. We would like the<br/> Co-ordination Council to discuss whether <a href="http://CGI.br" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="16">CGI.br</a>, WEF and<br/> ICANN should have permanent membership of the<br/> Coordination Council and what that implies. Whilst it is<br/> acknowledged that the above organisations are jointly<br/> funding the operational expenses of the Initiative for<br/> its first year, this might not remain so. We are not<br/> convinced that funding support is sufficient<br/> justification for such a role, and we believe
that the<br/> full Coordination Council itself should approve any<br/> permanent seats and what that implies.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">2. To the extent that a stated<br/> objective of the Coordination Council is "promoting the<br/> distributed Internet governance model,” we want to point<br/> out that the status quo in Internet governance does not<br/> represent the fulfilment of this model. The NETmundial<br/> Initiative should not be used to legitimise existing<br/> inequalities and deficiencies of the present system and<br/> should not hold civil society back from advocating<br/> necessary
reforms.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">3. While we acknowledge the<br/> progressive elements of the NETmundial Multistakeholder<br/> Statement, it is not the final and definitive statement<br/> of Internet governance principles; indeed the Statement<br/> itself acknowledges that it is only a work in progress.<br/> So we do not see the NETmundial roadmap as an immutable<br/> document. We look forward to its refinement and/or<br/> augmentation and hope that NMI ensures a bottom up<br/> collaborative process to undertake this work.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm
0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">4. A key performance indicator<br/> for the NETmundial Initiative must be the extent to<br/> which its activities strengthen and support the Internet<br/> Governance Forum, which remains the most significant<br/> global hub for general multi-stakeholder Internet<br/> governance policy discussions. If the IGF develops the<br/> capacity to assume further activities that currently<br/> might not fall within their capabilities, this should be<br/> facilitated, not opposed.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font
face="Times New Roman">5. We will wish to evaluate from<br/> time to time whether this engagement is providing<br/> effective and worthwhile results for our constituencies.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">We trust that our participation<br/> in this Initiative can be accepted with these<br/> conditions, and we look forward to working with you to<br/> select a balanced, inclusive and capable slate of civil<br/> society nominees to join the Coordination Council.</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm
0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Sincerely,</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><b><span><font face="Times New Roman">CSCG Nomcom for NMI<br/> Co ordination Council </font></span></b></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><b><span></span></b> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><b><span><font face="Times New Roman">Participating member<br/> coalitions</font></span></b></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm
0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Association for Progressive<br/> Communications, represented by Chat Garcia Ramilo,<br/> Deputy Executive Director</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Best Bits, represented by Jeremy<br/> Malcolm, Steering Committee member</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Diplo Foundation, represented by<br/> Ginger (Virginia) Paque, Internet Governance
Programmes</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Internet Governance Caucus,<br/> represented by Dr Mawaki Chango, Co-Coordinator</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">The Non-Commercial Stakeholders<br/> Group, (NCSG) represented by Robin Gross, NCSG Executive<br/> Committee</font></span></p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span></span> </p><br/> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT:normal;"><span><font face="Times New Roman">Ian Peter,
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